This had a slower set up but the pay off was EPIC

Meh. The Paris Apartment feels mostly like melodramatic dithering, but I guess I was somewhat entertained.Jess needs a place to stay, so she hits up her half brother. When she arrives at his residence, she finds a fancy building with questionable tenants, but no sign of Ben. As she digs deeper and asks around, she starts to realize that all is not as it seems at this apartment building. Dun dun dun!Having read a few of Lucy Foley's books, I feel like she's really good at building up anticipation...

I Expected More “Everything that has happened here happened because of him.”The Paris Apartment is a thriller about a journalist who mysteriously disappeared while living in an odd apartment building in Paris.Jess, fleeing her life in England, makes her way to Paris to crash with her charming brother, Ben. Upon her arrival in Paris, Jess receives a mysterious voice message from Ben. When she arrives at his creepy building, Ben is nowhere to be found. It appears that Ben has vanished without a tr...

DNF at 52%.

I’ve been struggling to read this book for 5 days now, and I’m still only halfway through. The characters are unlikable and the story is extremely slow…with nothing compelling me to continue reading.

After also being highly disappointed with the author’s last book, The Guest List, I’m thinking I may not be the right reader for her stories.

⭐2.5

It's fine but after The Guest List, I'm realizing that Lucy Foley isn't the mystery author for me.

Quoi le? (According to Google Translate What the....?")Jess arrives in Paris at the apartment of her half-brother, Ben. However, Ben isn't answering any of her texts, is nowhere to be found, and there are some unsettling discoveries in the apartment. Will Jess be able to find out what happened to Ben? What went on in this apartment?Lucy Foley, author of The Guest List, returns to the literary scene with The Paris Apartment. The book rotates between different character points of view with chapter...

a surprisingly quick read for a story where pretty much nothing happens. lol.there is one reveal about halfway through and the actual events do start falling into place right towards the end, but even the fast conclusion couldnt make up for the fact that nothing else really happened for the majority of the book.the characters arent compelling, the setting is pretty basic (so much missed potential!), and the plot itself is just uninspired. im going to round up because there was never actually a p...

What a deliciously claustrophobic whodunnit! This mystery unfolds in an eerie apartment with terrifying occupants who are skilled liars, burying their ugly secrets. Even the city of lovers, Paris, feels transformed, harking back to its revolutionary years with civilians rising against the government and clashing with police officers. Paris itself becomes a vivid, complex, and tumultuous narrator in the story.This was one of my fastest reads! I loved the riveting mystery of the missing stepbrothe...

***HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY***Wow I have been missing out!!!! I have never read Ms. Foley’s novels so this was a wonderful surprise for me.WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THIS NOVEL:THE ATMOSPHERE – A creepy, old, but once elegant apartment building in Paris – what’s not to like? Once elegant but now showing it’s age with peeling wallpaper, no air conditioning, nothing really updated about these apartments.THE WRITING – Ms. Foley’s writing is fluid, flows well and is very descriptive. I felt myself immersed in ...

**4.5-stars**After getting herself in a bit of a sticky situation at work, Jess does what any young woman would do and flees the country.Luckily, she has a brother, Ben, who lives in Paris. Although they have never been close, when she calls him to see if she can stay with him for a bit, he doesn't necessarily say no.On the night she is set to arrive in Paris, Jess even has a couple of interactions with Ben via text. This is great, he's definitely not going to turn her away.When she arrives at t...